Capt Henry DUDLEY, Knt.

Abt 1517 - 1570  (51 years)

• Name	Henry DUDLEY  [1]
  	Capt. Henry Dudley, Knt., second son, was born about 1517, and was named by his grandmother, Cecily, Marchioness of Dorset, in her will, dated 6 May 1527. He was monastic auditor under Cromwell in 1535, and a soldier in Ireland in 1536 under his uncle Leonard Grey. He was a soldier in Scotland, say, 1540-3. He married, say, 1545-50, perhaps at Boulogne, to ?Ashton, daughter of Christopher Ashton, Sr., of Fyfield, co. Berks. There is no record of any children. he fought valiantly at the siege of Boulogne in 1544, and was Captain from early 1545 when Edward Fiennes, Lord Clinton, was Chief Captain. He was Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas 1552-3 when Edward Fiennes was Admiral. He was knighted at Hampton Court on 11 Oct. 1551. He was a close associate of his second cousin, (with, among others, his father-in-law) in the rebellion of Robert's father, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. Henry Dudley was jailed in the Tower of London, and received a pardon fro Queen Mary on 18 Oct. 1553. He was exiled in French service 1556-1563, but was in English service as "Capt. Dudley" in 1563, receiving an annuity later the same year from Queen Elizabeth "for his service". In 1567 he obtained from the Queen a year's protection from his creditors (renewed for two years in 1568). [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Suffix	Knt.
  Birth	Abt 1517  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1568 and 1570  [1]
  Person ID	I90032	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	John 'Lord Quondam' DUDLEY,   b. Abt 1495   bur. 18 Sep 1553, St. Margaret's Westminster (Age ~ 58 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Cecily GREY,   b. 1497   bur. 28 Apr 1554 (Age ~ 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1501	With contract   [1]
  Family ID	F37209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	? ASHTON   d. Bef Nov 1556
  Marriage	Between 1545 and 1550  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Capt Roger DUDLEY,   b. Abt 1550, London, London, England d. Bef Oct 15888, Okley (in War), Northamptonshire, Eng (Age 433 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).